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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

EXAMINATION OF MASTERS, MATES AND ENGINEERS :—

Act of Colonial Legislature

or other Authority under which · Jayiod.

For every application for Certificate of Competency as Master or First

Class Engineer,

.$20.00

For every application for Certificate of Competency as Mate or Second

Class Engineer,

Section 4 of Ordinauce

36 of 1899.

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$15.00

ORDER AS TO THE FEES AND PERCENTAGES TO BE TAKEN IN THE SUPREME COURT.

The 6th day of April, 1903.

1, the undersigned, Chief Justice of the Colony of Hongkong, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested do hereby order and direct us follows;-

1.—This Order may be cited as The Supreme Court Fees Order, 1903. It shall come into force on the 1st day of June, 1903, aud shall apply to all causes and matters commenced on and after the said day, and to all proceedings taken on and after the said day in all canses and matters then pending.

2. The fees and percentages contained or referred to in the several Schedules bereto are fixed and appointed to be and shall be taken in the Supreme Court in the various jurisdictions to which the said Schedules respectively relate; and the said fees and percentages shall, except in so far as the said Schedules provide for a payment in cash, be taken by stamps either impressed or adhesive as the Governor may from time to time direct.

3.—All Ünlers and Rules of Court heretofore made for the purpose of fixing fees or percentages in the Supreme Court are hereby annulled, but this Order shall not apply to or affect existing fees or percentages directed to be taken or paid by any Ordinance.

4.—A folio comprises 72 words, each figure being counted as a word,

SCHEDULE 1.

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Writ of Summons, Subpœnas, and Appearance.

Sealing every Writ of Summous for commencement of a Cause (excopt a con-

current, renewed or amended Writ) and scaling a Writ of Injunction. Certiorari, Mandamus or Habeas Corpus,

..$5.00

Interpleader Summons, ...............

5,00

Sealing a concurrent, renewed or amended Writ of Summous,

1.50

Sealing a Subpoena,

3.00

Sealing a Subpœna for each Witness in addition to the first,

0,50

·

Entering an Appearanco (each Defendant),

1.50

Certificate of Non-Appearance,

1.50

Writs of Execution, &c.

Sealing a Warrant for arrest of a Defendant, or for arrest and detention of a

Ship or for Attachment of Property before Judgment, Sealing a Writ of Excention or Writ of Possession, Order for Rolonse of Dofonlant from Custody,

Scaling a Prohibitory Order,.... Ench Copy, Probibitory Onler,

VAPAA

15.00

15.00

1:00

3.00

1.50

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The Supreme Court Fees Order, 1903. (Vide Govt. Notification, No. 256 of 24th April, 1903.)